Motion Sensing Peripherals
An Introduction to Positional Tracking and Degrees of Freedom (DOF)
The Oculus Rift developer kit is set to reach devs next month. It is widely expected to have significant impact in the future of gaming. While we're quite excited for the Oculus Rift, there's an issue that plagues virtual...
Watch Samsung’s Gear VR Motion Controllers ‘Rink’ in Action
Watch this new video released by Samsung which shows their newly announced Rink VR motion controllers for Gear VR called Rink.
Samsung's announcement of a set of new motion controllers, designed specifically for virtual reality headset Gear VR was certainly...
Hands On: The Martian VR Experience is a Triumph in Motion
We went hands on with the new, real-time, VR experience inspired by the Ridley Scott movie 'The Martian' and found its mix of high production values, motion controllers combined with motion chairs seriously compelling.
Ridley Scott's The Martian is a...
This Full Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ VR Demo is Wonderful and Spoilerific
*** Warning: This Video Contains Spoilers ***
Watch as an anonymous player works through Valve's Aperture Science demo, built to demonstrate the capabilities of Valve's new virtual reality technology - HTC Vive.
At the PlayHubs game jam in London last week...
Cyberith Virtualizer VR Treadmill Kickstarter is Live, Prices Start at $599
Cyberith has been teasing us with the Virtualizer, an omnidirectional VR treadmill, for what seems like ages. Today the device, which promises to allow you to physically walk around virtual worlds, finally launches on Kickstarter starting at $599.Over...
Oculus Touch Price Revealed in London GAME Store
Touch, the long awaited natural input controller for the Oculus Rift, still doesn't have an official price or release date—but a tweet from Nick Summers, associate editor at Engadget UK, has revealed that Oculus Touch is going to be priced...
One Year Later, Oculus and Valve Still Mum on Timeline to Open Tracking to Third-parties
Both Oculus and Valve have gone on the record to say that they'd be opening up their respective tracking systems for third-parties to make use of, but after a year, neither company is ready to talk specifics.
So called '6DOF'...
Hands-on: Tactical Haptics’ Vive Demo is Further Proof That VR Needs More Than Rumble
While the latest generation of haptic feedback in controllers has come a long way since the days of N64's 'Rumble Pak' add-on, it's fundamentally based on the same principle: rumble. Whether it's the ERM motors of days passed, or linear...
Oculus to Open ‘Constellation’ Positional Tracking API to Third-parties
Oculus says that they'll be opening up their 'Constellation' tracking API so that third-parties can use the tech to build positionally tracked peripherals beyond what the company will make themselves.
At E3 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told us that he...
Yes, You Can Juggle in VR with the HTC Vive
When Alex Schwartz told people he could juggle in VR with the HTC Vive and SteamVR controllers, they didn't believe him. But now he has video proof: not only can he juggle quite effectively with the system, he thinks that it...
Samsung to Demo Gear VR Motion Controller ‘rink’ at CES 2016
The Samsung and Oculus engineered Gear VR mobile headset is available in many countries now at retail, but unlike it's desktop brethren from Oculus and Valve / HTC, it currently relies on basic, standard input for its applications. Samsung...
Google’s ‘Project Soli’ Radar Hand Tracking and How VR and AR Might Use it
Google's I/O 2015 conference last week was packed with technology with potential uses with VR or AR. The most unusual among them, Project Soli, uses radar technology to detect minute movements and gestures and translate them for input.
Google ATAP (Advanced...
More VR Juggling With the HTC Vive, This Time Wirelessly
Back in May, Owlchemy Labs, developer of the forthcoming Job Simulator, shared with us a video that highlighted the impressive precision of the SteamVR controllers along with the HTC Vive. Now with the wireless SteamVR controllers in hand, Owlchemy's...
How Oculus Studios’ First Touch Shooter Made Me Feel Like a Gun Slingin’ Badass
Dead and Buried is the latest game to come from the first-party Oculus Studios; built specifically for the company's Touch controllers, the game has you gunning down targets backset by an old west mining operation. With your hands directly in...
More Images of ‘Rink’, Samsung’s Gear VR Motion Controller Surface
We covered the news today that Samsung will be debuting a new motion controller designed specifically for virtual reality and it's Gear VR headset at CES next week. Now, some new images have surfaced of the devices which give...



















